Sch 2 s 171Disclosing purpose and identity

171 Disclosing purpose and identity

(1) A dealer commits an offence if the dealer:

(a) calls on a person for the purpose of negotiating an unsolicited consumer agreement, or for an incidental or related purpose; and

(b) does not as soon as practicable and in any event before starting to negotiate:

(i) clearly advise the person that the dealer’s purpose is to seek the person’s agreement to a supply of the goods or services concerned; and

(ii) clearly advise the person that the dealer is obliged to leave the premises immediately on request; and

(iii) provide to the person such information relating to the dealer’s identity as is prescribed by the regulations made for the purposes of section 74(c).

Penalty:

(a) if the person is a body corporate—$50,000; or

(b) if the person is not a body corporate—$10,000.

(2) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.